Vanity case



l H. M. BALLOU v VANITY CASE Filed NOV. 22 1923 i wmzgggjiv Patented Oct. 6, 1925.

UNITED s HOWARD M. BALLOU, or NORTH ATTLEBORO,eMflSSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TORJBLACK- nv'ron & e0 OF.=NOR'1$EI n'rrnnnono, (MASSACHUSETTS, 1A .COPARTNERSHVIP.

.VANITY CASE.

Application-filed November 22, 1923. SerialNo. 616,446.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1 ,H0WARD 1VLBALL0U, a citizen of the United States, and resident of North Attleboro, in the county of Bristoland State .of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vanity Casesyofwhich the following is aspecification.

This invention'relates to vanity casesand particularly to that :type of vanity case which it is desired to use as'a container for different kinds of facepowderso asto expose either hind of -face powder for convenient use at will.

Heretofore it'hasbeen proposedto provide such avanity case with. a special'insertab-le holder of a disk'form constructed in various ways to .a'fiord releasable engagement with the inside of the powder box or containerby means. of yielding .detents, or otherwise, which .are adapted'to spring into engagement with one or more recesses in. the interior wall of the box.

The present invention, however, omits such special holder device andconsists, es sentially, in the construction .ofthe powder plaques themselves in such a Way'that a pair of powder plaquesi may be 'releasably connected together in a slightlyspacedrelation to engage an interposed portion of thebox or container. fore, comprises,,generally speaking, a container or box usually provided with. covers, in combination with a pair of powder loaded dislrs provided on their opposed or inner faces with mutually engaging fasteningmeans by which they arereleasably held in engagement with an interposedportion of the casing. Afur ther improvement consists in the construction of the powder plaque itself, as anelement in the combination, forming a distinct and separate article of sale to be usedin suitable containers.

.These and other features of th-einvention will be described in the following specification and -will be definedin the. claims hereto annexed.

In the accompanyingdrawin'gs I have-illustrated a preferredform embodying the principles of the present invention, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the powdercontaining vanityy-case wi-.th the hinged lid thrown back 1110 BXpoSothe interior and The invention,.thereone ofthe di'shs which carries the powder exposed. to view.

-.-Figure-2 is a vertical central section of the complete vanity caseequipped with my improved selfretaining powder plaques Figure 3 is a plan view of one of the powder-carrying disks provided with the male fastening member.

,S'Fi'gure 45is asi-mi-lar :view of the other dislcprovided with the female fastening member.

In the practice of theinvention, accor dmg to the form illustrated in the drawings. the container or body portion 1, of the cas mg is of annular form and is provided, intermediate of its open ends, with an inwardly projecting annular rib or: shoulder 2 which forms a ledge against which 'the two opposed powder 1 laden disks have supporting engagement.

Asis usual in this class 'of devices,lthe

body of the containeris provided with covers -3 and '4 suitably connected -with the body member 1, as by means of hingesJB and 4 Flanged ri-ins or lipsf3 'and 4 serve to frictional'lyigrip the-edge portions of the bo'dy member so as to keep the lids from accidental opening. According to us-ual'practice, mirrors 5 are, set in'bezels .6, with-which eaoh coveris provided.

I The up per powder or rouge plaque,- as shown inFi-gure 2, comprises circular disk 7 whose central portion carries a projecting ton-gue-or'ball member '7 of a ball and :socketcoupling and. is loaded with powder on'its outerr'facm asshown at7". It will also be not-edthat-the 'disk"7 is provided with at perforation -'7, -whose function will be presently explained.

,The cooperating plaque comprises the "disk 8, in which is centrally secured the socketorff-emale member 8 of the snap fastener couplingand also is loaded by any desired kind-of face powder, as indicated at 8", -and" is' also provided-with a perfora= tion'-8.

Affpair or couple of cooperating-powder plaques, having usual mutual interlocking fastening means, can be inserted in the opposed ;open ends of the container -1, 'on opposite sides of? theinternal ledge or rib 2, and maybe releasably secured inthatpo- 'sition hymer'elyspringingthe central portions togeth er to engage the two cooperating members or gether.

li he-n the powder of each plaque becomes worn down to the carryingdisk, the dislrs may be separated very readily by thrusting a pin or wire through he aperture 7 or the aperture 8, WlllCi'lBTQl is first 1111001 cred, and the pressure of the inserted pin or wire against the back of the opposite plaque serves to disengage the plaques from one another so that they will readily fall out of the container. The ledge or projection forms a stop interposed between the two meniibers so that, when fastened to gether by the snap fastener or other form of coupling, neither plaque can drop out of place.

.Vhile other forms of interlocking fastener mightbe used, the ordinary ball and socket snap fastener can be so cheaply and applied so readily that it forms a convenient separable attaching; means for holding he two plaques together inside the easing. it will, of course, be understood that the plaques, while small eno igh to be admitted inside the casing, are of sufficiently large diameter not to tarough the interior of the rib or ledge 2.

ll hile the apertures for the insertion of the separating wire or pin are shown at some distance from the center, in which position the thrustgains the benefit of certain leverage in separating the parts, yet it will be understood that a centrally located aperture, to permit direct thrust through one fzistening member against the other, is equally within the scope of the invention.

What I claim is:

A vanity case embracing in its construction an annular body with open ends, covers for closing the respective ends, the body being provided with an interiorly projecting ledge, and powder-carrying plates provided with means for detachably connecting them together with their edges in engagement with opposite side's of said ledge, substan the fastening devices totially as described.

2. A vanity case embracing in combination an annular body member forming a con tainer for powder plaques placed in back to back relation with their powder coated sides facing outwardly, said body member being provided with an inwardly projecting means forming a stop adapted to engage the peipheral portion of each powder p aque, a pair of powder plaques arranged on opposite sides of said step, and means for releasably connecting said plaques together, substantially as described.

3. In a vanity case, the combination of a container provided with an inwardly projecting rib, a pair of powder plaques embracing disks coated with powder on one side and provided on their other side with placed mutually cooperative attaching inc-ans by which the disks are interconnected and held together with their peripheral portions on opposite sides of said rib, substantially as described.

t. In avanity case, the combination with a powder-plaque container, of a pair of powder plaques insertable therein from opposite sides of the container and provided with mutually interlocking means forming releasable fastening connection with each other whereby they are retained in engagementwith the container to prevent their dropping out of place, substantially as do scribed.

5. In a vanity case, the combination of contaier, a pair of powder plaques mounted back to back therein, the back of each plaque being provided with a releasable fastener device arranged to interlock with the cofastener of the other plaque and inn; to hold them releasably coni'iected on opp site sides of an interposed portion of the container, substantially as described.

6. A powder plaque embracing in its construction a disl: having one ace coated with powder, and having a snap fastener element exposed on its back, said fastener element beingformed to interlockingly engage a cooperative fastening element by which the disk is held releasably to the container, substantially as described.

7. A powder plaque for use in a vanity e embracing a disk having one face coated with powder and having di posed in the middle portion of its opposite face one member ot. a snap fastener exposed to be engaged by a cooperative member when inserted in a vanity case, whereby the plaque may be releasably secured in he case, substantially as described.

8. it. cooperating: pair of powe er plaques embracing disk adapted to carry powder on their outer aces and having mutually inter-engaging b ll and sock t fa tening means exposed on their opposed faces when. back to back, whereby bota plaques may he releasably secured together in spaced relation to engage the interior of a suitable van ty case, substantially as described.

9. Means for carrying two ainds of face powder for use in a vanity case embracing a pair of separable disks provided. on their inner opposed. faces with mutually engaging fastening means, and carrying on their outer faces compacts of face powder, one or both of said disks being perforated to allow insertion of a pin for thrusting one away from the other, in order to disengage the plaques for removal, substantially as described.

In witness whereof, I have subscribed the above specification.

HOWARD M. BALLOU. 

